HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Host Washington, DC Premiere Screening of the HBO Films Presentation BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Host Washington, DC Premiere Screening of the HBO Films Presentation BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Actor August Schellenberg and Executive Producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer will attend WHO: HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian host a premiere screening of the HBO Films Presentation, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. Inspired by Dee Brown's seminal nonfiction book, the film powerfully explores the tragic impact that the United States' westward expansion had on American Indian culture, and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it. Special guests at the invitation-only event will include: HBO NMAI Actor, August Schellenberg The Honorable Joe American Horse Screenwriter, Daniel Giat Associate Justice of the Oglala Sioux Supreme Court Executive Producer, Tom Thayer R. Milo Yellowhair, Treaty Executive Producer, Dick Wolf, Representative-at-Large for one of TV's most respected the Oglala Sioux Tribe and drama series creators and Descendant of Wounded Knee producers and the architect Survivor of the three "Law & Order" Curator Emil Her Many Horses drama series. (Oglala Lakota), NMAI Dr. Jose Barreiro (Taino), Assistant Director for Research, NMAI Dr. James Ring Adams, Senior Historian, NMAI Dr. Mark Hirsch, Historian, NMAI Elizabeth Weatherford, Head of Film and Video, NMAI WHAT: HBO Films teams with executive producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer to present the epic film BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, debuting Sunday, May 27 on HBO (9:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT). The cast includes Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, with Fred Thompson and Anna Paquin. Beginning with the Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE intertwines the unique perspectives of three characters: Charles Eastman (Beach), ne Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation; Sitting Bull(Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land - the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes (Quinn), one of the architects of the government policy on Indian affairs. WHERE: The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian 4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW WHEN: Monday, May 21, 2007 6:30 PM Reception - Interview Opportunities with Special Guests 7:30 PM Screening MEDIA RSVP AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS: Suzanne Pinto, HBO, 212-512-1904, Suzanne.Pinto@hbo.com Eileen Maxwell, NMAI, 202-633-6615, Maxwelle@si.edu
PRNewswire -- May 17
First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:
Source: HBO
Web site: http://www.hbo.com/
Profile: International Entertainment
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home